PDFTK Builder is an application designed as the Graphical User Interface for PDFTK, the program that is able to merge, split, encrypt PDF files, as well as embed watermarks, attach additional pages, and burst a file into single pages.

Unfortunately, the tool can only be run using the command-line console, and this is why PDFTK Builder comes in handy for all users who need to perform various operations with minimum effort.

PDFTK Builder packs a clean and straightforward interface that gives users the possibility to add the items to the list by using the “drag and drop” support or the built-in browse function.

The “Collate” function enables you to reorder, delete or duplicate the pages in a single document, as well as merge pages for multiple PDFs.

What’s more, you can encrypt the items by setting up passwords, and select the operations that can be performed at the end of the process, namely printing, degraded printing, content and annotation modifications, and fill in information.

PDFTK Builder allows users to split each page of the PDFs into separate files, add watermarks, which can be embedded only in the first page of the document or all of them, as well as rotate the specified pages to different angles.

To sum things up, PDFTK Builder proves to be quite helpful for all users who have experienced difficulties in running the PDFTK command-line console. Since it serves as the interface for the tool, it definitely simplifies the entire process of manipulating PDF files.

PDFTK Builder was reviewed by Ana Marculescu, last updated on September 3rd, 2013